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Was Paul’s magnanimity characteristic? Rom. 10:1-9; Acts 7:58-60., Who was bound, Paul or his heaters? Rom. 8 :2». Had they appealed unto Jesus, might all have been set at liberty? Rom. 10:13. What if Paul had been set at liberty? 23:12. PRACTICAL PO INTS (1) Use your opportunity for Gospel im portunity, your occasion for persua sion. (2) Tell your experience; it is experience that Jells. (3) There is a “much learning” that makes higher critics mad.
(4) Less stress on scholarship and more on ' discipleship wquld produce more persuasive preachers. (5) First, test the verity o f the preacher’s word, then the sanity o f the preacher. ( 6 ) The facts o f Scripture are acts o f history. (7) The vision o f the risen Lord, the voice o f His Word, and'the life of victory constitute a full life. ( 8 ) The center o f the Gospel is Christ crucified, Christ risen, Christ coming, and Christ reigning. • (9) There is no madness comparable;to the madness o f neglecting and rejecting the Gospel. O
The Voyage OCTOBER 29, 1916. LESSON V. Acts 27:13-26. (Read 1-38. Commit vs. 22-24). G olden T e x t : “ Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in H im ; and He shall bring it to pass.”—Psa. 37:5.
DA ILY BIBLE READINGS
Mon., Oct. 23—Acts 27:1-12. Tues., Oct. 24—-Acts 27:13-26. (The Lesson).
Wed., Oct. 25—Acts 27:27-37. Thurs., Oct. 26—Mark 4:35-41. Fri., Oct. 27—Isaiah 43:1-7. Sat., Oct. 28—Psalm 104:1-9. Sun., Octo. 29—Psalm 77:11-20.
EXPOSIT ION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
vs. 13-19. And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose i, loosing thence, they sailed, close by Crete (they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore). But not long after there arose against it (But after no long time there beat down from it) a tempestuous wind, (add, which is) called Euroclydon; (Euraquilo). And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into (face) the wind, we let her drive (we gave way to it, and were driven). And running under a certain (the lee of a small) island which is ( omit, which is) called
Clauda (Canda), we had much work to come by (were able, with difficulty, to secure) the boat: Which when they had taken up (and they had hoisted it up), they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fear ing lest they should fall into the quicksands, stroke sail (be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear), and so were driven. And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest (as we labored exceedingly with the storm), the next day they lightened the ship (began to throw the freight overboard); and the third day we (they) cast out with our (their) own hands the tackling of the
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